François Poupart

François Poupart (1661–1709) French physician, anatomist and entomologist.[1]

He described Poupart's ligament, which had been discovered by Gabriele Falloppio.[2]

In 1789, botanists published Poupartia a genus of plants from Islands in the Indian Ocean in family Anacardiaceae. It was named in Poupart's honour.[3][4]

Then in 2006, botanists published Poupartiopsis. a genus of flowering plants from Madagascar, belonging to the family Anacardiaceae and also named in Francois honour.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Free Dictionary: Francois Poupart
  2. ↑ Medical Terminology Daily: Francois Poupart
  3. ↑ Poupartia Comm. ex Juss., Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 13 July 2020
  4. ↑ "Poupartia". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Poupartiopsis Capuron ex J.D.Mitch. & Daly | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.


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